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INCI ingredient

Caprylhydroxamic Acid

Caprylhydroxamic Acid appears on 119 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face makeups.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Caprylhydroxamic Acid appears on 119 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face makeups.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: chelating

Products with Caprylhydroxamic Acid

in 119 products

Showing 24 of 119 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • chelating
  • chelating: Forming complexes with metal ions which could affect the stability and/or appearance of cosmetics.

CAS 7377-03-9 · EC 230-936-7

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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